The MA Senate just voted 40-0 for a comprehensive data privacy bill that, among other measures, bans the sale of sensitive data (including location data) and imposes meaningful data minimization on companies harvesting our personal information. #mapoli

BREAKING: The Massachusetts Senate passed the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act S.2608, which would provide strong privacy protections for us all — including a complete ban on sale of sensitive data. ACLU of MA and our fellow advocates applaud this action to protect our democracy and personal safety!

For those following along at home, @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social and Ashley Spring had a large crowd of support this morning, and the judge has taken motions under advisement. Next hearing November 19. WGBH and NYTimes on site reporting.

The United States needs to embrace more of a collective culture rather than a ruthlessly individualistic one if we are to survive, and frankly that often seems impossible.

Another desperate attempt by people who can’t stand the idea of New Yorkers electing their mayor instead of billionaires buying one.

“The single best way to protect Massachusetts residents from third-party electric suppliers’ exorbitant rates and predatory practices over the long term is to pass legislation to ban third-party electric suppliers from the residential electricity market." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/17/s...

Thank you so much @progressivemass.bsky.social! I so appreciate your support and statement of solidarity. ✊

"City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj stands up for her constituents, and we stand with her." @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social

If you want to a) fight back against the Trump administration, b) prevent huge cuts to MA health care + education, c) make huge corporations pay their fair share in taxes join us TOMORROW to stop the cuts with Corporate Fair Share. 📍: New Bedford 6:30 lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/z42ak...

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"Massachusetts could be doing more to counter the Trump administration’s destructive and chaotic policies. As Trump escalates, we must too." #mapoli www.progressivemass.com/editorial-co...

ICE makes communities less safe. www.nbcboston.com/news/local/v...

Join us next Tuesday as we talk about the future of climate policy under a federal administration committed to undoing recent progress. #mapoli 🌎☀️ actionnetwork.org/events/pm-cl...

It's Wednesday. And do you know what that means? Time to contact your legislators if you haven't yet. #mapoli

Thank you, Sen. Jake Oliveira, for shouting out the critical role of the Fair Share Amendment here! thereminder.com/local-news/h...

Raising the Age is good for safety, good for the economy, and good for our future. Our testimony to the Judiciary Committee today #mapoli www.progressivemass.com/2025-raise-t...

Who doesn't want universal, accessible, high-quality child care?

Find your state Senator by zip code, call TODAY, ask for the following ACLU-supported amendments: #52 Closing Loophole to Prevent All Sales of Sensitive Data, #4 and #25 outofstate protections, #55 and #56 enforcement provisions so law gets followed by tech cos malegislature.gov/Search/FindM...

UTEC is in the house! The hearing for Raise the Age is underway. “Raising the age gives youth like me a real chance.” #mapoli

Great letter to the editor about why Corporate Fair Share is good policy and good politics! #mapoli www.watertownmanews.com/2025/09/22/l...

Free universal child care is a win-win-win policy. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

"we the people", the ones you work for, want our private information protected!!?

This is a chance worth making time for.

malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2... An Act establishing the Massachusetts data privacy act

That seems pretty important!

I think it’s telling that the cultural touch point for authoritarianism and fascism in the United States for so many white people are the fictional events of The Handmaid’s Tale and not the actual history of the United States.

📣📣The MA Senate is voting on comprehensive data privacy legislation this Thursday. Your senator will be hearing from the Big Tech lobbyists trying to water down the bill. They need to hear louder from you. #mapoli actionnetwork.org/letters/data...

Important discussion about how ICE's terrorizing of communities is bad for public health, and also how MA can take action against looming cuts commonwealthbeacon.org/the-codcast/...

Let your legislators know you want action to protect immigrants in MA: actionnetwork.org/letters/ma-s...

MA deserves action to protect our residents, not just vague condemnation. www.masslive.com/politics/202...

"The need for Same Day Registration will be especially acute next year, as the state primary is currently scheduled for September 1, a major move-in day across the state. " www.progressivemass.com/we-can-mitig...

Powerful trio of testifiers — Christy Casa from Democracy Behind Bars, Hamza Barrios of Empowering Descendent Communities, and Austin Frizzell of the National Council — on voting rights restoration. #mapoli

Team from Partners in Democracy testifies in support of Same Day Registration, delinking the municipal census from voter rolls, and voting rights restoration. #mapoli

Linda O’Connell, a former co-chair of the League of Women Voters, talks about how linking the municipal census to voter status exacerbates racial disparities. #mapoli

MassPIRG organizer from UMAss Amherst talks about how the voter registration cutoff works against youth engagement. #mapoli

Matt Noyes of CHAPA talks about how the voter registration cutoff causes unstable housing to lead to potential disenfranchisement. #mapoli

FayeRuth Fisher of JCRC and Pastor Keke of True Alliance Center both make the case for Same Day Registration. #mapoli

Dan Hoffer of @seiu509.bsky.social talks about why Same Day Registration is important as a workers’ rights issue. #mapoli

Panel of doctors explain why strengthening voting rights is also good for health. #mapoli

Barbara L’Italien of the Disability Law Center talks about the need to strengthen disability access at polling sites. #mapoli

Nancy Brumback on delinking the municipal census from voter rolls:The right to vote should not be used as a carrot or stick.” #mapoli

Cheryl Clyburn Crawford notes that she was hired by MassVOTE to help pass Same Day Registration all the way back in 2008. We’re still fighting. #mapoli

Shenna Bellows, Secretary of State of Maine, talks about how Same Day Registration, which Maine has had since the 1970s, has been a success at increasing civic participation. #mapoli

Panel of Rahsaan Hall of the Urban League, Shanique Rodriguez of the MA Voter Table, and Geoff Foster of Common Cause testifying in support of Same Day Registration, decoupling the municipal census from the voter rolls, and disability access improvements. #mapoli

You love to see people protecting their neighbors like this

Great new stickers for the PM table at the Mas Dems convention

Tomorrow is the preliminary for cities like Medford, Northampton, Somerville, Salem, and more. Want to learn more about who is on the ballot? Check out candidate questionnaires here. www.progressivemass.com/statehouse/e...

My take on Boston’s primary election: Kraft was a dud as a candidate. All hat, no cattle. Money was poorly spent on awful TV ads & mailers. Campaign malpractice of unprecedented levels. Mayor Wu was organized, disciplined & worked the neighborhoods hard. People responded to her vision & strength.

"Our cities and towns need every tool in the toolbox to address our state’s housing crisis, and a real estate transfer fee would provide a crucial one." #mapoli www.progressivemass.com/transfer-fee...

Rep. Carmine Gentile, testifying in support of a real estate transfer fee, talks about how Concord has been losing population due to the high cost of housing. #mapoli